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The OPEC monthly oil report was just released. Following are some of the main highlights from the report. They did lower their oil demand forecast for 2013 by about 30,000 bpd with the risk skewed to the downside.
- World economic growth in 2012 was revised down to 3.1% from 3.3% previously, reflecting slowing growth since the start of this year. Assuming the deceleration will bottom out in the current quarter, the forecast for 2013 has been left at 3.2%. The US expansion remains below potential at 2.2% in 2012 and 2.0% in 2013. Japan is increasingly feeling the weakness in exports and is seen expanding by 2.2% in 2012 and 1.1% in 2013. Meanwhile, the Euro-zone is expected to grow at 0.1% in 2013, following a contraction of 0.5% this year. The weakness in developed economies has been widely felt in the export-oriented emerging market economies. China is now forecast to expand by 7.6% in 2012 and 8.0% in the coming year. India is forecast to grow by 5.7% this year and 6.6% in 2013.
- World oil demand is expected to grow by 0.8 mb/d in 2013, unchanged from the previous forecast and in line with the growth for the current year, which has been revised down by 0.1 mb/d. The projections for global oil consumption continue to be affected by the uncertainties facing the world economy. Slower industrial production has sharply reduced global oil demand in both the US and China, and the winter outlook represents further uncertainties in the coming months. Risks to the forecast for 2013 are primarily on the downside, due to the turbulence in the world economy.
- Non-OPEC oil supply is now forecast to increase by 0.6 mb/d in 2012, following a downward revision of 0.1 mb/d from the previous month, due mainly to lower-than-expected supply from Brazil, Kazakhstan, China, Azerbaijan, and the UK. In 2013, non-OPEC oil supply is expected to grow by 0.9 mb/d, supported by anticipated growth in the US, Canada, Brazil, and Kazakhstan, as well as Sudan and South Sudan. OPEC NGLs and nonconventional oils are expected to increase by 0.4 mb/d in 2012, and 0.2 mb/d in 2013. In September, total OPEC crude production averaged 31.08 mb/d, according to secondary sources, representing a drop of 265 tb/d from the previous month.
- Demand for OPEC crude for this year has been revised up by 0.2 mb/d from the previous assessment to stand at 30.1 mb/d, representing a decline of 0.1 mb/d compared to last year. In 2013, demand for OPEC crude is forecast to average 29.8 mb/d, a decline of 0.3 mb/d from the current year and representing an upward adjustment of 0.2 mb/d from the previous report.
In the tropics there are still a few weather patterns to keep on the radar. As of this morning there are two areas... one a couple hundred miles northeast of the Bahamas and one about 1,050 miles east of the Windward Islands. Neither pattern has a very high probability of strengthening into a tropical cycle over the next forty eight hours nor is their direction currently projected yet. Thus nothing needs to be done on the oil or Nat Gas front other than to simply watch the progress over the next few days.
From a technical perspective both WTI and Brent have been in a relatively wide trading range for the last three weeks or so with WTI trading between $88/bbl to about $94/bbl while Brent has traded between about $107/bbl and $115/bbl. Both of these markets have been relatively indecisive as to their next price direction. Over the last three weeks about half of the trading sessions ended lower on the day with the other half ending higher... certainly a market that is laden with uncertainty and not a strong conviction one way or the other at the moment.


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What can we learn from the story of the Levite and his concubine?Question: "What can we learn from the story of the Levite and his concubine?"
Answer: The concluding chapters of Judges highlight the fact that everyone did what was right in his own eyes (Judges 17:6; 21:25). The account of the Levite and his concubine begins in Judges 19. The Levite's concubine had run away and been unfaithful to him. From the start, there is the problem of a Levite (from the priestly tribe) having a concubine, and then there is the problem of the woman being involved in a sexual relationship with someone else.
As he travelled to bring the woman back to his home, the Levite stopped for the night in Gibeah, a town of the Benjamites. An older man insisted they stay at his home instead of in the town square. As they were at the man's home, verse 22 notes, "Some of the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, 'Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.'" The host tried to reason with them, but they would not listen. To spare himself, the Levite sent his own concubine outside. The mob abused her that night. When the man opened the door in the morning, the concubine's dead body was there at the entrance (Judges 19:26–28).
The Levite placed her body on his donkey and traveled home. He then cut her body into 12 pieces—one for each tribe of Israel—and sent the pieces throughout the land. The striking response was, "Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt. Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!" (Judges 19:30).
The tribes of Israel (minus Benjamin) came together and decided to have the men who killed the concubine put to death. But when they confronted the people of Benjamin, the Benjamites refused to turn the guilty men over for their crimes (Judges 20:12–14). A civil war erupted, with the tribe of Benjamin eventually being defeated. All but 600 men of Benjamin were killed (Judges 12:47–48).
Judges 21 records the aftermath of this war. After a period of mourning, the nation's leaders sought to find a way to keep the tribe of Benjamin alive. Their answer was to punish the city of Jabesh-gilead, who did not respond to the call to gather against the Benjamites. The punishment was that the 600 Benjamite men were allowed to steal young women from Jabesh-gilead to take as their wives.
This grotesque series of events concludes with the fitting words of verse 25: "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit." Readers reeling from the immoral activities of these closing chapters of Judges can take some comfort in the fact that Scripture clearly condemned these activities. This dark period of Israel's history would soon lead to the demand for an Israelite king, an act that would help to some degree yet would also reveal the need for a perfect King and Messiah—Jesus Christ, who would come later in the New Testament.
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After redshirting the 2010-2011 season, Iowa State redshirt junior Chris Babb has wasted no time making an impact on the court for the Cyclones men's basketball team this season. The Penn State transfer has played an active role in the 12-4 overall record that Iowa State has produced so far this season.
Babb, a native of Arlington, Texas, joined the Cyclones after averaging 9.3 points per game for the Nittany Lions during the 2009-2010 season. He also brings postseason experience to the Iowa State team after helping lead Penn State to the 2009 NIT Tournament title. In his two seasons with the Nittany Lions, Babb made 91 three-point shots, making him a key player in this season's Cyclone lineup.
Babb currently leads the Cyclones in three-point shots attempted with 109, as well as in three-point shots made with 43. He has made at least one three-point basket in 15 of the Cyclones' 16 games, with a season high seven three-pointers coming against Rice in the South Padre Island Invitational. Babb also had the hot hand behind the arc in Iowa State's Big 12 Conference opener against Texas, sinking five of the team's 10 three-point baskets. Babb again led the Cyclones in three-point shooting en route to a win on the road at Texas A&M, snapping an eight-game losing streak to the Aggies.
The Cyclones also look to Babb to be a leader on defense, as he usually carries the responsibility of guarding the opponent's best player.
"He was struggling (early on) with his shooting but he was still having a tremendous impact on our winning by defending," Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg said. "He takes pride in defending the other team's best player."
The responsibility isn't something new to Babb; he carried the duty while playing at Penn State.
"I like to think I had that role at Penn State," Babb said. "I guarded a lot of teams' best players. I guarded (current teammates) Chris Allen and Korie Lucious while they played for Michigan State. A lot of people say that I'm just a shooter and that's it, but I like to bring a lot of things to the table."
Babb also leads Iowa State in steals this season, tallying 20 in 16 games.
"Defense is a big part of my game," Babb said. "I've always been taught that when my shots aren't falling right to find other ways to help the team. Steals aren't necessarily a big statistic but in the end, I think it's something that people really look at. It can affect the flow and outcome of a game. I think the better I play defensively, the better my offense flows. I'll really do whatever I need to do to help the team."
Babb's efforts in non-conference action also gained him attention as he was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week on Nov. 28. The weekly honors came after the Babb led the Cyclones to the South Padre Island Invitational championship with wins over Western Carolina, Northern Colorado, Providence and Rice. During the tournament run, Babb averaged 15.3 points, shot 52 percent from 3-point range and was named to the all-tournament team.
As the Cyclones move deeper into the Big 12 Conference schedule, Babb will be relied on heavily at both ends of the court.
"He's already shown what he can do," Hoiberg said. "He got us off to a great start against Texas, hitting four three-point baskets in the first half and five by the end of the game. He's got that mentality of thinking it's going to go into the basket when he releases it from his hand. I think he'll continue to have a major impact on the offensive end and he's always going to be a defensive presence for us."
That confidence from Hoiberg, along with his teammates and the Cyclone fans, is a large part of what motivates Babb.
"I think it's a big deal for my teammates and coaching staff to have that confidence in me," Babb said. "What the fans think means a lot to me too. Seeing fans post on Facebook or Twitter how much confidence they have in me means a lot. When other people have that confidence in me and I can start knocking down shots, it helps my own confidence level."


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Nissan Sport Sedan Concept Previews New Nissan Design Signatures In Stunning World Debut
- Advanced Sport Sedan Concept emphasizes next-generation design and sporty style in North American International Auto Show debut
- Highly emotional and energetic design direction, including new V-Motion front aspect and "floating" roof, to be adapted to future Nissan sedans and crossovers
- Sport Sedan Concept shares stage with innovative IDx Freeflow and IDx NISMO concepts
- Complete lineup of current Nissans, along with North American debut of Autonomous LEAF, on display through Jan. 26th at Detroit's Cobo Center
Jan 13, 2014, 03:50 EST
DETROIT, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nissan today provided an advanced look at its future design direction with the world debut of the Nissan Sport Sedan Concept during a press conference at the 2014 North American International Auto Show. The stunning Sport Sedan Concept embodies a number of next-generation Nissan design signatures, including V-Motion front aspect, distinctive "floating" roof and boomerang-shaped lamps.
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The bright "Strad Amber"-colored 4-door sports sedan design study was revealed by Nissan Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer Shiro Nakamura and Nissan Executive Vice President and Chief Planning Officer Andy Palmer. "Our new design direction mirrors the strength, power and capabilities of the engineering and innovation that serves as the foundation of every Nissan vehicle," said Nakamura.
"The Sport Sedan Concept shows a new, highly emotional and energetic design direction that takes Nissan's legendary approach of applying sports car principles to a sedan to the next level," added Palmer. "The Sport Sedan Concept captures that essence with authentic sports car design and proportions."
The Sport Sedan Concept's interior also offers cues to future production designs. Premium materials are found throughout, with the use of diamond-shaped graphics on the quilted seats, stitching and panels enhancing the sense of dynamic motion.
The Sport Sedan Concept shared the spotlight with the first North American appearance of the Nissan IDx Freeflow and IDx NISMO concepts. The two IDx compact concept designs offer radically different characteristics, each with their own unique identity.
The IDx Freeflow reflects a casual/lifestyle-focused vision, while the IDx NISMO previews an ultra-sporty model of the future that looks as if it came directly from a driving simulator. Both were developed using a new "co-creation" product development approach that integrates input from consumers early in the process. The process is designed to appeal to "digital natives," the generation born after 1990. Nissan designers believe this approach could have real applications in the near future.
"IDx NISMO and IDx Freeflow show how Nissan is using new and innovative product development methods to meet the needs of younger customers who have novel, exciting ideas, and engage with them to build the cars they want," said Nakamura.
Also making its first North American auto show appearance in Detroit is the Nissan Autonomous LEAF prototype. Based on the all-electric Nissan LEAF, the vehicle is equipped with cameras, laser scanners and radar – which identify nearby pedestrians, traffic lights, traffic signs and other objects. The data is processed by an on-board computer that makes decisions that are implemented with automatically operated controls for the vehicle's acceleration, handling, braking and more.
The Nissan Sport Sedan Concept, IDx Freeflow, IDx NISMO, Autonomous LEAF and the complete lineup of 2014 Nissan cars, crossovers, trucks and SUVs will be shown at the Nissan display at Detroit's Cobo Center during the run of the 2014 North American International Auto Show, January 18 through 26.
About Nissan North America
In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program and has been recognized as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com and www.InfinitiUSA.com, or visit the Americas media sites NissanNews.com and InfinitiNews.com.
About Nissan
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with more than 236,000 employees globally, Nissan sold more than 4.9 million vehicles and generated revenue of 9.6 trillion yen (USD 116.16 billion) in fiscal 2012. Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of over 60 models under the Nissan and Infiniti brands. In 2010, Nissan introduced the Nissan LEAF, and continues to lead in zero-emission mobility. The LEAF, the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle launched globally, is now the best-selling EV in history.
For more information on our products, services and commitment to sustainable mobility, visit our website at http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/.
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A Dedication to Don Bowen at LIVESTRONG Action
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I just joined Don Bowen's dedication page at LIVESTRONG Action. Don Bowen inspired someone close to me to commit to end cancer, and now I've joined with them.
This page is a part of the world's largest dedication book that LIVESTRONG Action will use to pressure world leaders to do more to fight cancer. If we can collect enough names in the book, it will have a real impact when Lance Armstrong delivers it - but we need more signatures.
Can you take a moment to add your name to the dedication page?
Lance Armstrong recently dedicated his ride in the Tour de France to the fight against cancer. Now that the race is over, he'll send this dedication book - with your signature - to world leaders and pressure them to make cancer a priority in their own countries. It's our best chance to push for better treatment, more funding for cancer research and access to care for everyone around the world.
But if people like us don't stand up, these leaders won't pay attention.
Will you check out the dedication page? Don Bowen inspired me to take action - hopefully they'll inspire you to do the same:
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Singer Justin Bieber refuses to make his girlfriend Selena Gomez use covert methods to escape the paparazzi on date nights because he's proud to be seen with the Disney star.
The couple incites near-riots whenever they step out together for dinner or the movies, but unlike a lot of celebrity pairs, Bieber and Gomez never part ways to increase their chances of making a clean getaway.
And the "Baby" hit maker admits it is because he loves standing by to protect and show off the 20-year-old beauty.
During an interview with TV host Oprah Winfrey, which is set to air next month, he says, "Sometimes we gotta take the back exits and do different things, but I never make her separate from me cause I don't want her to feel like I'm ashamed of her.
"I feel like a lot of guys do that – especially in the business. They don't want to be seen with their girl so they'll make them ride in separate cars and do all that 'getaway' stuff. When we get away, we're getting away together."


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POLL: Should the city and county give $5 million each to Erlanger?
Erlanger's final audited financials since 2009:
2009 -- $3.1 million gain
2010 -- $4.3 million gain
2011 -- $899,000 loss
2012 -- $16.7 million loss
2013 -- $14.3 million loss
Erlanger's level of uncompensated care since 2009:
2009 -- $74.1 million
2010 -- $82.2 million
2011 -- $83 million
2012 -- $85.5 million
2013-- $85.1 million
Days cash-on-hand:
Measures the number of days that the organization could continue to pay its average daily cash obligations with no new cash resources becoming available. High values imply higher liquidity, and hence are viewed more favorably by creditors.
As of February 2014 -- 66
2009 -- 117
Source: Erlanger Health System
Among public hospitals throughout the country, Erlanger Health System provides the greatest amount of safety-net care for the least amount of local government funding, a national public hospital association has determined.
"I've never seen anything quite like it -- just the lack of support versus the huge size of mission," said Dr. Bruce Siegel, the president of America's Essential Hospitals, a national advocate for public hospitals that tracks their funding.
While the average public hospital tracked by the organization receives $121 million from local governments, Erlanger's $1.5 million from Hamilton County is the only local public funding it can pit against what is expected to be $92 million in regional uncompensated care this year alone.
Most hospitals receiving minimal local funds can turn to federally backed state funds meant for safety-net care. But Tennessee lost access to those dollars at the end of last year.
"Erlanger's situation is very unique," Siegel said. "And the current situation is not sustainable."
Sudden cuts to employees' vacation benefits last month revealed just how perilous the state of finances at Erlanger -- the county's fourth-largest employer -- have become.
Instead of dampening Erlanger CEO Kevin Spiegel's energy, though, the dire outlook seems to have given it extra voltage. His voice rises and his hand motions grow more and more animated as he speaks of his mission to get more federal, state and local funding -- to which he says the hospital has been denied access for too long.
"Is it unfair to the employees? Absolutely it's unfair," Spiegel said of the vacation cuts during a lengthy editorial board meeting with the Times Free Press last week. "It's unfair that's where we got to. It's unfair that Tennessee doesn't have state DSH [funding for safety net hospitals]. ... It's unfair that employees are taking care of more and more and more indigent patients every day. It's unfair. But I don't want to sit there and not act. ... I'm not going to stop until it's done."
The fight for funding only starts with Chattanooga and Hamilton County. This week alone, Spiegel heads to both the national and state capitals on his quest to find the hospital a cash infusion.
Spiegel's calendar for the upcoming week is dizzying: Flights from Chattanooga to Washington to Nashville, all within a few days. Hourly spreadsheets jammed with meetings with everyone from the top administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), to Tennessee congressmen, to lawmakers in the General Assembly. A seemingly endless stream of lunches and meet-and-greets and conferences.
But the CEO says he won't miss a single meeting or a single handshake. Each one is too important.
Each one could have an impact on Erlanger's fate at a time when the hospital is, as many describe, at a critical juncture in its history.
"It is possible for Erlanger to close. It just is," Spiegel said. "Either there's going to be legislative relief, or there's going to be dramatic changes."
After racking up three years of losses, the public hospital is running a more than $3.8 million deficit so far this fiscal year. The amount of uncompensated care it provides is expected to surge to $92 million this year -- an $11 million spike from five years ago.
This, plus roughly $14 million in cuts to state funding and reimbursements this year, has left the hospital with margins so thin that a handful of crippling snow days early this year threw the hospital's monthly financials into a nosedive.
If it lost all sources of cash income, the hospital could keep operating for just 66 days with the cash it has on hand -- a little more than half of where it was in 2009.
The thinning reserves are forcing conversations about things the hospital may need to cut.
Its community health centers, which serve some of the city's neediest areas and are funded by the hospital, are in question.
Employee layoffs aren't off the table, executives say. Neither are potential cuts to services.
And every move the hospital makes is being tracked by the unblinking gaze of Wall Street bondholders.
That's why this week could be pivotal for the hospital, as Spiegel joins other state health leaders to lobby for access to two federal pools of money that the CEO says could stabilize the hospital for now.
"We're at a tipping point," said Dr. Chris Young, the president of the Tennessee Medical Association and an anesthesiologist at Erlanger who will join Spiegel in the U.S. capital and in Nashville.
"The financial pressure is not new," said Young. "But any kind of further reductions would alter the scale and scope of services that Erlanger offers. All Tennessee hospitals are feeling the pressure of the changes in health care and the funding changes -- but Erlanger is at ground zero for the constellation of changes it's dealing with."
PAYMENT POOLS and POLITICS
Spiegel, who will mark his first year with the hospital in April, didn't waste much time shaking things up.
Acknowledging that many of the moves would be unpopular with employees, he insisted they would be necessary for the hospital's viability amidst a slew of state and federal budget cuts -- some of which went to help fund the Affordable Care Act implementation.
Spiegel pushed to replace pension plans with 401(k)-like accounts. He dramatically increased what retirees would have to pay toward their health insurance. He called for changes in how employees' paid leave is approved and structured.
"You keep making all these cuts, and then you're expected to dance faster, quicker, cut more," he said.
Through it all, one of Spiegel's biggest initiatives since his start has been his push for access to what's called the Public Hospital Supplemental Payment Pool.
The mechanism allows public hospitals to transfer money they get from local government entities, and have that money nearly tripled through a series of federal and state exchanges.
The Regional Medical Center in Memphis and Nashville General Hospital already divide about $70 million from this pool.
"At some point, people are going to ask -- why wasn't this done four years ago?" he said, questioning everyone from state leaders to former hospital executives. "It is not new that Erlanger has financial problems."
Gov. Bill Haslam has already signed off on a waiver that allows the hospital to access this pool, but CMS approval still is needed.
That's why Tuesday's meeting with CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner is so critical, Spiegel says.
He hopes the fund can be increased by $30 million to allow Erlanger access to the extra money. But at the very least, he hopes the existing pool could be divided up.
The group going to D.C. also will be meeting about having a key fund for safety net health care restored to Tennessee.
State "disproportionate share" money provides millions that hospitals split to help cover care for the uninsured.
Tennessee is the only state that did not have that fund restored this year. Because of the way its fund is structured, it must be approved each year by Congress -- a requirement the vast majority of states do not need.
The deadline to have the funding renewed, Young said, sailed by as the government was shutting down last fall.
That translated to an $8.5 million loss for Erlanger this fiscal year.
"Tennessee can't be the only state in the country without a state DSH. There's got to be some kind of compromise," Spiegel said.
But the problems with DSH would not be so critical if TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid service, had been expanded, argued Young.
"We weren't supposed to be relying so fully on DSH. We were supposed to be relying on Medicaid. Because of politics, we're not participating in it either," he said.
Politics, both Young and Spiegel said, is also the key complication in the discussion about these funds with federal health officials.
Those officials, they say, aren't jumping to hear requests from a state where congressional leaders have repeatedly voted for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act; where the governor and legislators have not expanded Medicaid, and where U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has formally called for the resignation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Beyond that, local congressional and state leaders were largely no-shows at President Barack Obama's two recent visits to Tennessee. And when Sebelius visited Memphis in November, a state senator handed her a copy of the book "Websites for Dummies."
"I think it's clear that the relationship between Tennessee and [federal health officials] has not been going well," Spiegel said.
Still, he has spoken with Tavenner before -- and he's optimistic that her office will empathize with Erlanger's situation.
"We are speaking to the person who can get it done," he said. "The question is will we allow politics to interfere with common sense."
Young said he believes federal officials may be reluctant to do favors for a "state where the safest place to be politically is to be critical of the federal government," but he also said the hospital's request is "modest" in the grand scheme of things.
"I think [Spiegel's] done everything he can do," he said. "Depending on their answer, we will know the state of affairs between Tennessee and CMS."
Spiegel's barrage of meetings will not stop when he returns to Chattanooga next week. That's when the local lobbying will begin in earnest.
The hospital will be requesting $5 million each from the city and the county in upcoming budget hearings this spring. Before that goes to a vote, the CEO says he plans to meet with every single City Council member and county commissioner.
The city stopped contributing to the hospital three years ago. And while the county still gives its $1.5 million allotment, costs for Erlanger's care of Hamilton County prisoners has risen to more than $5 million annually.
"I'm asking for the money because it's the right thing to do," Spiegel said. "I'm not willing for the hospital to just sit back and complain about it anymore. If they're going to refuse, then let it go to a vote."
Siegel, of America's Essential Hospitals, compared the public hospital to a utility. He said a marked increase in local support will be critical for Erlanger's long-term sustainability.
"The community needs to understand what is at risk here," he said. "Erlanger is essential to the economic and physical health of Chattanooga. It is vital to the health of several states. It is providing services to a huge region. It will undermine the economy if one of the area's largest employers, that many people depend on for health care, is in peril."
Spiegel prefers not to talk about what would happen if Erlanger walks away from this quest empty-handed, but he said cuts to staff and cuts to services are on the table.
He said the hospital is doing everything possible -- including the vacation cuts -- to make sure it meets its covenants with bondholders by June.
If not, consultant firms could be assigned to start managing affairs at the hospital, he says.
"People may think we've been crying wolf a lot," he said. "But you can't really have all these cuts, and uncompensated care go up ... and expect it to continue and think we're crying wolf. It's not logical."
Contact staff writer Kate Harrison at email@example.com or 423-757-6673.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks count on Logan Couture to score goals. Bracken Kearns' offence has been quite the pleasant surprise.
Couture and Kearns each scored in their third straight game to help the Sharks bounce back from a rough game in Anaheim by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 on Thursday night.
Kearns, who became the oldest Shark ever to score his first NHL goal on Sunday at age 32, has added two more in the past two games to give banged-up San Jose a needed boost.
"I've seen him work so hard every day, and he's a guy that you admire, especially for me," Couture said. "I've had a lot different road to get to the NHL than he has. You look at him playing 600 games in the minors, and now he's getting a shot and scores in three straight games. It's incredible. It gives you chills thinking about it."
Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored goals 49 seconds apart in the first period to get the Sharks started in their sixth straight win over the Oilers.
Joe Pavelski added a goal and an assist, Joe Thornton had two assists and Antti Niemi made 23 saves for San Jose two nights after a disappointing 6-3 loss in Anaheim.
"We're a team that when you lose one, you like to get back and get the next one and I think we proved that tonight," Thornton said. "We have a lot of good character players in this room. Go out and work hard and that's what we did tonight. There's no secret. Just get back to work. We didn't work as hard as we feel we should have in Anaheim and we got back to it tonight."
Nail Yakupov scored the lone goal for the last-place Oilers, who looked flat to open the new year in the front end of a difficult back-to-back. The Oilers play Friday night at the first-place Anaheim Ducks, who have not lost at home in regulation all season.
The Sharks have been nearly as tough at home so far, losing just once in regulation. San Jose needed to go to a shootout in five of its previous eight home games before dispatching the Oilers easily by scoring twice in each of the first two periods against Devan Dubnyk.
"They proved why their record is the way it is and we showed why we have the record we do," Oilers defenceman Andrew Ference said. "If you want any kind of success against good teams like that, you can't make it harder on yourselves. You have to limit the mistakes."
The Sharks got off to a fast start once again, breaking out to a 2-0 lead in the first period for the 15th time in 41 games this season.
San Jose squandered a pair of early power-play chances and needed Niemi to make two pad stops on Sam Gagner on one of them to keep the game scoreless.
The Sharks then used great puck movement on their first goal and a takeaway for their second to take the 2-0 lead.
Justin Braun got a shot on net from the point and Pavelski sent the rebound to Burns, who knocked it in the short side of the net for his 13th goal.
Less than a minute later, Marleau took the puck from Yakupov near the boards and skated to the high slot, where he beat Dubnyk with a wrister for his team-leading 18th goal of the season.
"We turned it over again and again and again," Yakupov said. "We made too many mistakes."
San Jose broke it open with the two goals in the second, starting with Kearns' third on a quick one-timer past an unsuspecting Dubnyk.
"It feels good, but like I said before, there's a lot of luck in that streak and I've just got to try to keep it going," Kearns said.
Couture then took a breakout pass from John McCarthy and beat Dubnyk on a breakaway to make it 4-0 and give him 200 career points.
Yakupov scored his second goal of the season against the Sharks later in the second and gave an emphatic fist pump that drew boos from the sellout crowd.
Those turned to cheers and chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" in the third when Pavelski one-timed a shot past Dubnyk just one day after being picked for his second U.S. Olympic team.
NOTES: Marleau tied former Shark Owen Nolan for 73rd place all-time with his 422nd career goal. … McCarthy recorded his first point in 22 games this season. … F Tommy Wingels missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury. … Yakupov returned for Edmonton after being a healthy scratch Tuesday in Phoenix.


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Troy-Bilt is excited to introduce the new Saturday6TM team for 2013. As we welcome our new bloggers, we also want to thank our first team of lawn and garden experts who provided an abundance of knowledge to our readers over the past two years. Much gratitude goes to Kylee Baumle from Our Little Acre, Mark Clement from MyFixitUpLife, Gina Thomas from My Skinny Garden, Jennah Watters from Jennah's Garden, Cynthia "Meems" Glover from Hoe and Shovel and Douglas E. Welch from A Gardener's Notebook.
Our six new lawn and garden enthusiasts will continue to share trials, tribulations and triumphs in the garden, as well as provide tips and tricks for all season long. We can't wait to hear about all the lawn and garden projects this talented group has in store. So without further ado, Troy-Bilt welcomes the new Saturday6 team.
Helen from Gardening with Confidence
Vowing to only live in an area where she can garden year-round, Helen Yoest, an award-winning freelance garden writer and author of Gardening with Confidence: 50 Ways to Add Style for Personal Creativity, does just that in her Raleigh, North Carolina, zone 7b, wildlife habitat. The rest of the time, Helen scouts and styles gardens for some of the nation's leading shelter magazines. She is also author of the popular lifestyle blog, Gardening with Confidence.
Steve from The Rainforest Garden
When Steve Asbell's terminally ill mother started to lose her ability to see and walk as a result of Lupus, he planted a garden in her Florida backyard and started a blog called The Rainforest Garden to share his uplifting experience - as well as his mother's extraordinary joy and gratitude. Now that she has passed away, he continues to garden for others and tends to the lush gardens that he planted for his apartment community. His blog remains a respected source of inspiration for creative gardening DIY projects, and he now makes his living as a freelance writer, blogger, illustrator and photographer. Steve will be releasing his first book in early 2014.
Dave from Growing the Home Garden
Dave Townsend created the blog Growing the Home Garden in 2007 to document the transformation of his blank slate of a yard into a home garden. On his blog, the master gardener covers vegetables, plant propagation, and an assortment of gardening projects. All gardening subjects are fair game! Dave gardens on a little over an acre of land in Spring Hill, Tennessee, where he founded an heirloom vegetable garden business, and is a stay-at-home father of three who enjoys making more work for himself in the garden.
Amy from Get Busy Gardening
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Amy Andrychowicz gets her green thumb from her parents, and has been gardening most of her life. Though she is a software developer by day, her true passions are plants and gardening. When Amy bought her first home in 2002, she couldn't wait to transform the boring suburban yard into a garden oasis. Over the years, and with the help of her husband, she has added several flower gardens, a large vegetable garden, two ponds, a rain garden and many unique hardscape features. During the long winter months Amy gardens indoors, tending to her large collection of houseplants, succulents and tropical plants. Amy writes about her gardening experiences on her blog Get Busy Gardening, which she started in 2009. She is also the author of a gardening column in a local newspaper and does freelance writing for local gardening publications.
Noelle from AZ Plant Lady
Noelle Johnson is a horticulturist and certified arborist who lives and gardens in the desert southwest. Growing up in Southern California, it wasn't until she married and moved to Arizona that she began to try her hand at gardening. She received her degree in Urban Horticulture and went to work managing landscapes for golf courses and later working as a landscape designer. Noelle now helps people create the garden of their dreams through helpful advice, focusing on using beautiful, low-maintenance plants. Freelance writing and speaking to groups about gardening keep her busy as well. When she is not writing or helping other people with their gardens, you can find her "playing" outside - growing fruits, vegetables, and planting flowering shrubs and maybe a cactus or two.
Matt from Growing with Plants
Matt Mattus lives and gardens in central Massachusetts, about an hour west of Boston, smack in the middle of the state (and the snow belt). An app designer by day, Matt's real love is gardening. He lives in the house his grandfather built and gardens the land that has been in his family for about 100 years - so every plant, tree, rock and structure has a history. The great part about living in a place with such a soul is that he knows who planted every tree, every shrub and placed every stone (and when),which is interesting since most are over 90 years old. His blog, Growing with Plants, continues to be an outlet where he can document his daily adventures in the garden.


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Other theories have suggested that reduction in excess body weight, resulting from dietary restriction, could account for longevity. This, too, is now seen to be inaccurate, since in free feeding animals there is no connection between the amount of body fat the animal has and its life expectancy and, as shown by the research referred to in the previous chapter, those animals which achieve increased life span by dietary restriction are in fact the heavier animals. Weindruch and Walford elaborate on this fact by pointing out that when rats are kept slim by exercise, no increase in their maximum life span is seen, but when animals are kept at a similar weight level to that achieved by exercise, by using dietary restriction, there is indeed an increased life span.
Incidentally, this highlights a repetitive finding in research, that exercise has little if any effect on life expectancy, even though it certainly does influence overall well-being.
These major researchers ask us to keep a few very important facts in mind as we consider how dietary restriction works. The first is that calorie restriction (as part of an otherwise optimal diet) achieves its results in practically all species tested to date, whether cows, fruit flies, mosquitoes, rats, mice or protozoans (and of course humans if we accept the results of the Okinawa experience as evidence from a self-generated trial). In all these creatures one indicator is constant: as dietary restriction continues so is there a reduction in accumulations of the fat/protein complex lipofuscin (see Chapter 3 for comments on the build-up of age pigments in cells with age). As an increase of lipofuscin in cells is seen as a major sign of accelerating aging, and as a reduction in its presence occurs in ALL species to which dietary restriction is applied, and as a 'side-effect' of dietary restriction is life extension, the removal or reduction of lipofuscin is of some considerable importance in understanding the mechanisms involved.
We are also asked to consider the connection, or lack of it, between life extension and benefits to the immune system (achieved by dietary restriction), important as this may be. The reason for dismissing the idea that improvements in immune function are central to the life extension process is because creatures such as protozoa have no immune systems, and yet they, like all other creatures to which dietary restriction is applied respond by living longer.
Reducing disease incidence in itself, does not seem to have much effect on increasing Life expectancy overall, and so improving immune function seems not to be involved in life extension. As Weindruch and Walford point out, a number of other dietary strategies such as protein restriction, can dramatically cut down incidence of auto-immune diseases (chronic nephropathy in rats, for example) but this hardly contributes at all to an increase in life span in animals so treated. The message they repeat is that only calorie restriction achieves life extension in mammals.


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All eyes were on our nation's capital today as President Obama signed the stimulus bill (or, properly, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) into law. Before the $787 billion economic recovery package was finally approved, debate raged over how the funds should be distributed.
On that note, James S. Russell, Bloomberg's architecture critic, argued a point we couldn't agree with more: "If you want bang for taxpayer's buck, build parks and fund the arts."
His recently published article on Bloomberg.com asserts that the arts spur economic development, citing the High Line as a prime example: "From an economic standpoint, starving the arts is suicidal. Consider the case of the High Line, the park in the Meatpacking District. The City of New York invested $170 million in the project, which directly inspired as many as 50 major residential projects worth as much as $5 billion."
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Greetings! Let me introduce myself first. I am Kloyde A. Caday, 19, a graduate of Bachelor of Arts Major in English at Mindanao State University-General Santos City. I am a Filipino, and an aspiring teacher of English. I had written a thesis entitled Language Dynamism in the Poems of E. E. Cummings.
I would like my thesis to be published online. I would like to ask for help from you guys. How can I publish my thesis for free? What are the formats to be used? Are there any benefit, compensation, and the like upon submission?
This unpublished material of mine was mainly written for English teachers (both ESL and EFL). Through the demonstration of E. E. Cummings' unconventional language use, his poetry can be utilized as a material in teaching Linguistics. The study justifies the significant role of literature to language teaching and learning. It employed stylistic approach, a critical analysis to literature which is often overlooked by teachers and students. The study also contains the interpretations of the confusing and avant-garde poems of E. E. Cummings. Thus, this thesis may serve as a teacher's guidebook in his or her profession.
To give you an overview of my thesis, here are the study's Statement of the Problem and Subjects of the Study:
Statement of the Problem
This study sought to identify and analyze the language dynamism in the poems of E. E. Cummings.
Specifically, it aimed to answer the following questions:
1. What forms of language dynamism are found in the poems of E. E. Cummings related to:
a. Orthography
1. Spelling
2. Punctuation
3. Capitalization
b. Syntax and Structure
1. Word Order
2. Structural Ambiguity
c. Semantics
1. Lexical Ambiguity
2. Types of Meaning
a. Denotative
b. Connotative
c. Affective
d. Thematic
2. Why are these forms of language dynamism used in the selected poems?
3. What are the implications of the author's language dynamism to language teaching and language learning?
Subjects of the Study
The subjects of the study are the poems of E. E. Cummings. The researcher purposively selected fifteen (15) poems. The following are: (1) somewhere i had never travelled, gladly beyond, (2) anyone lived in a pretty how town, (3) in Just-, (4) 1(a, (5) r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r, (6) !blac, (7) the sky was candy luminous, (8) n(o)w, (9) Buffalo Bill's, (10) (applaws, (11) i carry your heart with me(i carry it in, (12) dying is fine(but Death, (13) nobody loses all the time, (14) (fea, and (15) un(bee)mo.
The selected poems were purposively selected since they contain linguistic features that are significant in identifying the phenomenon of language dynamism in a literary piece.
I look forward to reading your wise replies, hoping that this thesis can inspire both poets and teachers like me. More powers!
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COLUMBIA — Jennifer Withrow didn't let her 7-year-old son look the other way. Subtly, with a mother's determination, she took advantage of opportunities to remind him life could be worse. There was no ignoring the less fortunate.
Her son needed to see, to believe life was better than he thought.
Behind every example, there was a purpose. And maybe a little desperation. Young Elliott Fry needed to get past his plight. Being the smallest kid in your second-grade class — with Fry for a last name — is tough enough. Diagnosed with Type I diabetes before middle school can be cruel. To a youngster pricking his finger 10 times daily to check blood sugar levels, it can feel like an impossible obstacle.
Withrow made sure it wasn't.
"I said, ' Yes, this is bad, but it's not the end of the world,' " Withrow said. "I'd point out people that I saw in public … and I said, 'You know what, all you have is diabetes. You don't have that big of a hurdle.' "
The daily encouragement continued for months. It soothed both mother and son. After a year, Fry got the message. Life would never be the same. It would never be normal. It would go on.
His mother was right.
A freshman kicker at South Carolina, Fry has reached his dream of playing college football at the highest level. He's a starter in the SEC despite weighing 155 pounds. He still checks his blood sugar about eight times every day.
"For a long time, I thought I couldn't compete at the next level," Fry said.
Well, he's here. Last week, Fry's 40-yard field goal in double overtime at Missouri capped one of the most memorable wins in USC football history, knocking off a top 5 opponent on national television. Withrow sat in the stands above Faurot Field, in the same section as South Carolina's band. A trumpeter held her hand as Fry lined up to kick, easing her nerves.
"Everybody around me is going, 'Momma, it's gonna be OK. He's gonna make it,' " Withrow said. "And all I want to do is throw up."
It wasn't the first time Withrow's stomach churned at her son's sporting event.
Withrow's first thought was a head injury. It had to be. One moment, Fry was leaving the rink during his youth league hockey game in Frisco, Tex., and everything was fine. The next, as Withrow turned to give her son a water bottle, he suddenly collapsed.
When the ambulance arrived, the paramedic delivered shocking news. Fry's blood sugar was over 300, about triple the normal level. Fry was diagnosed with Type I diabetes.
"I pretty much held it together until I got home from the hospital," Withrow said. "I was devastated. Absolutely devastated. But, you know, through adversity flows triumph, and it gives strength. His first months were difficult, but eventually he embraced it."
Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease often diagnosed in children. Unlike Type II diabetes, a poor diet and lack of exercise don't contribute. With Type I diabetes, the body fails to produce insulin, a hormone used to convert sugar and starches from food into energy necessary for life.
Children diagnosed with the disease can learn to manage it and live long lives, but diabetes still takes a toll. When blood sugar rises, the heart, kidneys and blood vessels can be damaged, according to the Mayo Clinic. Diabetics are more susceptible to other illnesses. Some diabetics begin to lose sensation in their fingers and toes as they get older.
Only five percent of people diagnosed with diabetes have Type I, according to the American Diabetes Association. At first, it was difficult to cope. Withrow gave her son four shots of insulin daily, something she expected to traumatize a child.
Eventually, like most childhood diabetics, he learned to manage his health.
"Diabetes, from a young age, teaches you to be really disciplined and responsible," Fry said. "When I was 7, I was counting carbs, doing ratios, like math. Just trying to figure out, 'If I have 15 carbs, how much units of insulin do I have to take?' I've been doing that my whole life now. It really teaches you to grow up a lot faster."
Despite his diligence, diabetes can still be difficult to manage — especially through sports. Adrenaline can give false blood sugar readings. For an athlete, adrenaline is always a basic part of life.
In the semifinal soccer match of the state tournament his junior year of high school, Fry was a key starter on a team expected to go far. Two minutes into the game, Fry had to exit. His blood sugar dropped almost to the point of fainting.
Fry's team won, but he couldn't re-enter the game until the second half.
"That was a wake-up call to me because you never really think about that happening," Fry said. "I know I never really thought about it happening until it actually really happened and affected something."
For Fry, it was another scare that threatened his future. Those worries disappeared his senior season. On the football field, Fry made 49 of 50 extra points and eight of nine field goals. His longest came from 44 yards. Louisiana Tech offered a scholarship, but Fry wanted to go bigger. He walked on at South Carolina.
Instead of one state over, Withrow sent her son 16 hours away.
The distance never bothered Withrow. Maybe it was the maturity Fry showed from a young age. Or all the miles his stepdad, Mark, logged taking him to kicking camps during the summer. When opportunity came for her son's dreams to be fulfilled, Withrow didn't hesitate.
"He's smart, he's talented, he's independent," Withrow said. "So I've never had a concern about him being far from home, and the fact that he's going to an SEC school who's ranked so highly in the nation with Steve Spurrier as the coach, I never thought twice about it. I was thrilled for him."
He was only a walk-on, but it didn't matter. Fry quickly carved a niche for himself with the Gamecocks, becoming the first true freshman to kick in USC's opener since 1996. He's made eight of 10 field goals, none more important than Saturday night's game-winner.
It's not easy. Before a game, Fry must obsess over his blood sugar. Each trip to the locker room comes with another prick of the finger. He takes three readings before kickoff, then another at halftime. On the sideline, he's accompanied by insulin and Gatorade packets — just in case his levels get too high or too low. Usually, it takes about 15 minutes for his blood sugar to return to normal.
Withrow said South Carolina has been a perfect fit for her son. One reason is the work USC's training staff does to ensure Fry's safety. Fry has no concerns of falling into another dangerous situation during a football game, like he did during his high school soccer match.
"It almost can't happen," Fry said. "The medical staff here, our trainers, they really keep me honest about it. They force me to check."
Fry's mother was nervous as she watched her son line up for the field goal in Missouri. She shouldn't have been. On his wrist, Fry wore a good luck charm.
Fry attended a small, private school in a tight-knit community 30 minutes north of Dallas. Word travels fast at Prince of Peace Christian. During his junior year, he heard about an elementary student diagnosed with Type I diabetes.
His friendship with Thompson Moore began about 18 months ago. Moore, now a 9-year-old fourth-grader, had just been diagnosed. Sports were a common bond threading them together. Both played soccer and football. They talked about their games while receiving insulin shots in the nurse's office, a welcomed escape from their disease.
"He was diagnosed in the second grade, just like Elliott was," Moore's father, Patrick, said. "So they had a lot in common there."
When Fry left for South Carolina, their friendship grew. Fry and Moore text before and after their games. Earlier this season, Fry spoke with Moore and his fourth-grade class via Skype on the internet. He also sent a game-worn cleat from USC's opener against North Carolina.
Moore sent a gift in return, a garnet and black bracelet he promised would bring good luck. When it broke last week, Moore sent a second bracelet in time for USC's trip to Missouri. Fry wore it as he made the 40-yard field goal that sealed the win.
"I told him, 'Lucky bracelet. Helped me out a little bit,'" Fry said.
Patrick Moore said his son struggled to adjust to his new lifestyle at first. He believes it's helped having Fry as a role model and friend. Fry tells the youngster what his mother told him. Don't let diabetes define you. Life is different, but it goes on.
"I think it's had a huge impact on his life," Patrick Moore said. "There's been several moments — especially this fall — where his mindset has changed a little bit. Either he brings it up, or we bring it up, of what Elliott's doing, where he's going, what team he's playing and the fact that he's playing in the SEC and it's not just any school.
"We use that as a good guideline that there's nothing that could hold him back. The only thing holding him back is himself."
With time, Fry hopes to help more diabetic children. The more field goals he makes, the more his influence will grow. Already, he's someone coaches and teammates count on, doing well enough to become the target of Spurrier's classic quips.
"He was out kicking (Monday) night and I said, 'Do students on campus recognize you as a football player?'" Spurrier said this week. "He looks like a normal student, and he is a smart kid. He said, 'Yeah, there are a few of them that actually recognize me?' I said, 'Really?' Because he would blend in as a normal 155-pound student here. But Elliott Fry is getting recognized on campus now, so hopefully he won't go bad on us by getting too much attention."
Not a chance.
Fry has worked too hard, overcome too much, to have a setback now. Ask Withrow, and she'll tell you the kick at Missouri was just the beginning. There are more game-winners to come, more triumphs after years of adversity.
On Saturday, in the chilly night just outside the team bus, Withrow held her son close. She told him how proud she was, for the game-winning field goal and the work it took to get here. She thanked Ryland Culbertson for a good snap, and Patrick Fish for a good hold. Eventually, the excitement quieted.
On her way back to Texas, Withrow marveled at how far her 7-year-old boy has come.
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Dan DeNeui Named COO of BioTE Medical
Jan 24, 2013, 06:30 EST
DALLAS, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTE Medical founder and President Dr. Gary Donovitz today announced the promotion of Dan DeNeui to COO. BioTE Medical is a Texas-based company that has played a significant role in the development of subcutaneous testosterone pellet therapy for men and women. DeNeui had been serving as the company's Vice President-Business Development.
Commenting on the promotion of DeNeui, Dr. Donovitz said, "Dan DeNeui has been such a critical part of our success at BioTE Medical. He was been instrumental in the launching of our company several years ago and is a major reason that BioTE is emerging as a national leader in the field of safe and effective testosterone replacement for men and women." According to Donovitz, DeNeui led an expansion of BioTE Medical to new markets. Donovitz added, "Because of Dan and our team, the BioTE Method of safe and effective testosterone pellet therapy is now being offered by leading medical professionals in a number of markets in the US. With the momentum that's been built, BioTE testosterone pellet therapy will be available coast to coast in the next year."
Dan DeNeui stated, "It's been a privilege to work with Dr. Donovitz, my staff and the medical practitioners who offer the BioTE Method. It's been very exciting to see our growth over the past 3 years. It is evident that BioTE is on the verge of some very exciting times ahead. We currently boast the largest patient population receiving the exact same Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy in the US, and that number is growing exponentially each year. This obviously provides our company with some incredible opportunities."
In a marketplace that is becoming increasingly competitive with testosterone replacement creams, gels and shots, DeNeui said that the BioTE Method is being enthusiastically received by both consumers and physicians. DeNeui added, "There are numerous products on the market that simply don't work efficiently. And there are others, such as synthetic testosterone shots, that can present major issues for consumers. At BioTE Medical, we're driven by excellence. Bio-identical testosterone pellet therapy is by far the best method for both men and women to safely balance their hormones. And as trained medical professionals compare other modalities with BioTE Medical's testosterone pellets, we have become the best practices standard."
Dr. Donovitz praised the quality of physicians and medical practitioners who have joined team of professionals offering the BioTE Method. Donovitz stated, "We've been able to align ourselves with the best physicians and medical professionals in all of our markets. Compared to other clinics offering hormone replacement therapy, our physicians are clearly the most knowledgeable, best trained and most successful."
Both Donovitz and DeNeui cited BioTE Medical's physician training as a point of differentiation. DeNeui added, "When BioTE Medical partners with a doctor, we start with very complete training for not only the doctor but also their key employees. And it doesn't stop there. We're very committed to ongoing dialog and support. In fact, we have a division of the company that offers marketing support for our partners."
Regarding the growth of BioTE Medical, both Dr. Donovitz and DeNeui agree that the company is on the verge of significant growth. Dr. Donovitz added, "We're positioned well for major growth this year and beyond. Dan's done an exemplary job of building the infrastructure. The future is, indeed, very bright."
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Sardines are a tiny fish with a very big nutrient profile! In fact, very few other foods pack the sameamount of nutrients per ounce. Liver comes pretty close , but it is often more dreaded than the humble sardine!
Real food is often more expensive than processed foods, butsardines are a notable exception! Canned sardines are one of the few super-healthy, budget-friendly portable "fast foods" out there. They also don't carry the same mercury risk as bigger fish do.
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Omega-3sbenefit the body in many ways and are well-studied for their importance in the body. One can of sardines contains over half of the recommended daily dose of Omega-3. Sardines provide both EPA and DHA fats, which are beneficial for the brain, heart and to reduce inflammation.
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In the late 1980s, Dodge rebadged a version of the Mitsubishi Pajero SUV as the Dodge Raider in the U.S. Then, for the 2006 model year, Dodge siphoned off a trickle of Dakota production for Mitsubishi, which called it—yes—the Raider.
Despite significantly different attire, including an aggressive grille and masculine fender flares, the Raider was a Dakota through and through. Powerplants were familiar to the Mopar crowd: a 3.7-liter SOHC V-6 and a 4.7-liter SOHC V-8. Horsepower for the V-6 is 210, with an unimpressive 230 for the V-8 (rising to 235 for 2007). An automatic (four-speed with the V-6, five-speed behind the V-8) and a six-speed manual were available. The manual/V-8 combo is rare even in Dakotas.
Sold during the third generation of the Dakota, the Raider gained improved suspension, larger brakes, a stiffer chassis, and chiseled styling. For the most part, these were improvements over the far more popular second-generation Dakota (1997-2004), though the tall stance of the rear-drive version (same height as the 4WD) put off some buyers. While Mitsubishi distinguished the Raider from the Dakota with more handsome sheetmetal, it also stepped off the path set by Dodge in dropping the V-8 for 2008. That was the year the Dakota's 4.7-liter V-8 jumped to 302 horsepower, so you can understand the exasperation of power-hungry Mitsubishi shoppers. In 2008 and 2009, Mitsu offered only the V-6 with rear drive or shift-on-the-fly 4WD working through either the manual or automatic transmissions.
Like the Dakota, the Raider came in two cabin/bed combinations. The Extended Cab features four doors, two of them rear hinged, and room behind the first row for small passengers. It also has a 6.5-foot-long bed. The Double Cab also features four doors, but all are front hinged and the back seats actually accommodate humans. Because both models share the same wheelbase, cabin space reduces capacity for other kinds of cargo: Motorcycle haulers will find the Double Cab's 5-foot, 3-inch bed pretty limiting.
Raiders are almost too rare to show up in maintenance searches -- in fact, the best year was 2007, according to Mitsubishi, when just under 7500 were sold -- so let's look at the Dakota. Generally, the third-generation truck fares better than its predecessors, with fewer big problems like transmission failures and ball joints falling out. But the Dakota's electrical system is still problematic, and there are reports of failing EGR valves and throttle-position sensors. Dakotas are notoriously hard on their disc-front/drum-rear brakes, too.
For Mitsubishi fans, or perhaps just Dakota appreciators who want something a bit out of the ordinary, the Raider is a reasonable choice.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Do As Bret Says, Not As He Does
Roughly a dozen years ago, in one of the many asinine moves that stripped WCW of credibility and viewership, actor/comedian David Arquette somehow found himself wearing the WCW World title. Perhaps the only person more critical of the decision than me at the time was Bret Hart, who used his column in the Calgary Sun to vent long and hard about the insult Arquette's "title reign" represented to all the workers, past and present, who had busted their butts on the indie level and overseas fighting to build a career, but were never given a chance, fairly or otherwise, to wear a belt.
Indeed, Hart climbed on his soapbox and sang his displeaure from the mountaintops ... and I was right there with him voicing mine in the pages of PWI, Inside Wrestling, The Wrestler, and several now-defunct magazines. As a fan I was appalled, and I could only imagine how somebody who took professional wrestling as seriously as Bret Hart did felt about it all. It was a slap in the face to the industry and the hard-working people in it.
However, Bret Hart's brand new U.S. championship win over the Miz on Raw is not far behind it. Not only was it sad to see Bret, who, for all intents and purposes, can no longer even wrestle a full match, take the belt from a young-up-and-comer like The Miz, in one of the most convoluted bouts of all-time, it was insulting to see him celebrate in the ring with The Hart Dynasty as if it were a meaningful accomplishment.
Clearly, WWE wanted to fete "The Hitman" in his "final" WWE appearance, especially since it occured in Canada, and I'm all for restoring some of the good will that went up in smoke over the past 13 years between he and WWE. But the feelgood story of his return has gone on too long when they use a major secondary title to do it.
It was shocking, at least to me, that Bret, who has campaigned so strongly and loudly for preserving the heritage and integrity of the sport would even agree to accept a title match, much less the title belt itself. Celebrating Hart's involement in the business it fine, but they undercut The Miz at the same time.
--Frank Krewda
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I definitely understand your argument and moreover agree with it to a certain degree.
However, much more than provide a feel-good moment and semi-sendoff to the Hitman, I felt the situation with the US title garners interest in the progression of the storyline: seeing that Hart physically can't defend the title, will he perhaps restore prestige to the belt by selecting two worthy contenders to battle for a vacated US title, for example in a match series? The potential is certainly there.
Besides, I have never been in favor of one wrestler holding or persuing two championships at the same time - let Miz focus on the tag title(s) for now, while some other hungry lions vie for the US championship.
- May 22, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated said...
I hear you Christian, loud and clear. The potential for something compelling to result from Bret's involvement is certainly there, and I would be happy if it plays out just as you described in your post.
But I was more focused on Bret's behavior not WWE's. For as loudly as Bret complained (and justifiably so) when Arquette held the WCW strap, I'd have never though he'd engage in the same type of storyline. Ha, shows what I know.
- May 24, 2010 at 2:10 PM
I also see your point Frank (and hated the Arquette as WCW Champ thing too), but at least Bret is/was a wrestler who busted his ass in the ring for 20-odd years.
What they do with the US Title now is obviously on WWE, but at least the storyline was fairly logical.
-Louie Dee
- May 24, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated said...
Hey Guys, I don't think R-Truth was the "compelling" storyline, we had in mind.
- May 25, 2010 at 9:08 AM


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Ronald D. Morrison, 65, Punxsutawney, passed away Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, at Mulberry Square Elder Care & Rehabilitation Center.
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What people don't know about the flux capacitor is that when Doc Emmet Brown fell and struck his head on the rim of a toilet bowl and fell unconscious, when he regained conscious, he saw the words 'Flush Capacity' on the underside of his cistern.
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Opponents of a planned incinerator have gathered 2,175 signatures to propose an ordinance that would include around-the-clock monitoring of Delta Thermo Energy Inc. City council approved a 35-year contract with the company in March 2012, and they plan to build a $49 million waste-to-energy facility.
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Father Cutié makes headlines again
With every scandal comes the tell-all book, and now Father Alberto Cutié has his: Dilemma: A Priest's Struggle with Faith and Love was just released today.
The former Catholic priest may have been popular before, but after getting caught with a girlfriend and leaving the church, he seems to have achieved a new level of celebrity. The birth of his daughter, which was announced on his website and Twitter account, was reported widely in the news last month.
Now with his book, he's bringing questions of clerical celibacy into the mainstream and "lashing out" at the church and its leadership with some strong statements. He wrote on Twitter last night that "DILEMMA is NOT an attack on the RC Church - it is just about my personal experiences within it. I hope it is a good read for all."
The book's press release paints him as a victim. The media, it says, turned him into "a living scarlet letter." "His crime? Falling in love." Expect a made-for-TV movie to follow.
Will the PR tactics work? (Well, it made me write this blog post!) Will you read the book?
A number of Catholic priests have left ministry to get married and have children, and it doesn't make the news. Are they getting the attention they deserve through the coverage of "Father Oprah" or should the discussion of these church issues come up in another way?


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2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Values
Select a 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback trim level
2012 model year changes
After a year-long hiatus, the Lancer Evolution returns for 2012. The Lancer SE all-wheel drive returns for 2012. It comes with 18-inch wheels, a rear spoiler, fog lamps, Bluetooth, leather-wrapped steering wheel. The Ralliart all-wheel drive now offers optional navigation, as does the GT model and the Sportback ES offers optional 16-inch alloy wheels and a deluxe package that includes an upgraded 6-speaker stereo with a USB port, FAST-key entry system, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, SIRIUS and a color LCD dash indicator display. The manual transmission is no longer available on the Sportback models and the TC-SST Sportback Ralliart model is not offered for 2012.
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Sportback functionality; lots of sporty fun; excellent performance from Ralliart model; intense performance from the Evolution model
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At the base level, the Lancer packs plenty of fun and safety features into a sub-$15,000 package. The Ralliart models, feature a mild turbocharged engine but enough performance to be surprise. Sportback models add increased functionality. The base Lancer returns great fuel economy, achieving 25 mpg in the city and 34 mpg on the highway. Finally, the Lancer Evolution continues to be one of the best performance values available. A 291-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine combined with Mitsubishi's famed Super All-Wheel Control system makes for intense power and control that costs less than $35,000.
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The graduate program in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology provides a well-integrated curriculum designed to train students to become independent researchers in cellular, biochemical and molecular aspects of immunology, virology, and bacteriology. In general students in the department complete their Ph.D. program within a period of 5-6 years.
The great majority of the coursework is completed within the first academic year, enabling students to begin their dissertation projects in the subsequent summer. The most important element in our graduate program is training students how to effectively design and conduct a research project that leads to publication in the scientific literature. The quality of a person's track record of publication constitutes the main criterion by which success is measured in a research career. As evidenced by the strong publication record of our students and the quality of their subsequent career growth, our program has been very successful in developing these skills in students. In large part, our success has been dependent upon the strong mentoring skills of the faculty.Another important aspect of our graduate training is to help our students secure the best possible position at the next step in their careers, which is usually a postdoctoral fellowship. The choice of postdoctoral position is a critically important element for success, since it is usually from a postdoctoral fellowship position that our graduates seek independent positions in the academic, government or commercial sectors. Help and advice in choosing the appropriate postdoctoral position to match a student's career goals is a high priority for every faculty member who serves as a mentor for our students.
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Coursework: Students in the program are required to take the three elective courses offered by the department: bacteriology, immunology and virology. If these were not completed in the first year they can be taken in year two following entry into the program. In years two and three, students also participate in Advanced Topics, a literature-based, discussion-oriented course in which students present and critique current research articles. As a part of this course, students receive training in grant-writing and review.
Candidacy Examination: Students who have taken two semesters of Advanced Topics and have no less than a 3.0 GPA are eligible to take the PhD Candidacy Examination. The student's Thesis Advisory Committee will serve as the Candidacy Committee. Each student will prepare a research grant proposal on his/her proposed thesis work using the current NIH grant proposal format. The proposal is written in consultation with the advisor or any other resource person. The student will submit the proposal to the Candidacy Committee at least two weeks prior to the examination date. The examination will be scheduled to occur prior to August 15th of the second year.
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Teaching requirement: As part of the training as teachers, each student will present a lecture to graduate students during their fourth year of training. The student may request to lecture in the core Bacteriology, Virology, or Immunology courses, or to direct a session of the Advanced Topics course. The student will work with their advisor and the course director on the development of the lecture.
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HIST 443 Advanced Topics in European History: (1)
A special topics course to be offered when circumstances warrant, focusing on a particular problem or issue in modern European history in accordance with the faculty member's special interest and area of expertise. May be repeated if the topic varies.
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